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νόησις
νόησις
Ancient Greek
Alternative forms
- νῶσις (nôsis) (Ionic)
Noun
νόησις • (nóēsis) f (genitive νοήσεως); third declension
- intelligence, understanding
- processes of thought
- (concrete) idea, concept
Declension
Third declension of νόησῐς, νοήσεως
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | νόησῐς | νοήσει | νοήσεις |
| Genitive | νοήσεως | νοησέοιν | νοήσεων |
| Dative | νοήσει | νοησέοιν | νοήσεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | νόησῐν | νοήσει | νοήσεις |
| Vocative | νόησῐ | νοήσει | νοήσεις |
Third declension of νόησῐς, νοήσιος
| Case / # | Singular | Dual | Plural |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominative | νόησῐς | νοήσιε | νοήσιες |
| Genitive | νοήσιος | νοησίοιν | νοησίων |
| Dative | νοήσῑ, νοήσει | νοησίοιν | νοήσῐσῐ(ν), νοησίεσῐ(ν), νοήσεσῐ(ν) |
| Accusative | νόησῐν | νοήσιε | νοήσῑς, νοήσιᾰς |
| Vocative | νόησῐ | νοήσιε | νοήσιες |
Synonyms
- (intelligence, understanding): αἴσθησις (aísthēsis)
See also
- διάνοια (diánoia)
- ἐπιστήμη (epistḗmē)
Descendants
- English: noesis
References
- νόησις in Liddell & Scott (1940) A Greek–English Lexicon, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- νόησις in Liddell & Scott (1889) An Intermediate Greek–English Lexicon, New York: Harper & Brothers
- «νόησις» in Bailly, Anatole (1935) Le Grand Bailly: Dictionnaire grec-français, Paris: Hachette
- Woodhouse, S. C. (1910) English-Greek Dictionary: A Vocabulary of the Attic Language, London: Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited.
- abstraction idem, page 4.